Machine element or mechanism – Elements – Flywheel – motion smoothing-type
Patent
1977-01-17
1979-01-02
Wyche, Benjamin W.
Machine element or mechanism
Elements
Flywheel, motion smoothing-type
415 9, 416 2, 303 92, 188151A, 188269, F16F 1530, B60T 1110, F16F 906
Patent
active
041321308
ABSTRACT:
An inertial energy storage device is disclosed employing a safety flywheel which is made of flexible material such as a twisted rope ring. The rigidity required for such a device is achieved through centrifugal forces inherent in such a device when it is operating. A small number of the strands of the rope ring have a tensile strength that is lower than the vast majority of the strands of the rope ring whereby should any of these strands fail, they will begin to whiplash allowing such a failure to be detected and braked before a castastrophic failure occurs. This is accomplished by the inclusion of glass tubes located around the periphery of the flywheel. The tubes are in communication with a braking fluid reservoir. The flywheel and glass tubes are enclosed within a vacuum-tight housing. The whiplashing of a broken strand breaks one or more glass tubes. This causes the housing to be flooded with the braking fluid thereby braking the rotation of the flywheel. The design of the flywheel makes it self centering and self balancing thereby avoiding the existence of a dangerous critical frequency.
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Fletcher James C. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Schneider Richard T.
Ferrell Don E.
Lawrence Nina M.
Manning John R.
Wyche Benjamin W.
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